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Friday, February 20, 2015

Check Out This Trailer For Grim Revenge Thriller 'The Demolisher'

I’m always up for a grim revenge thriller, and Gabriel
Carrer’s Canadian indie The Demolisher looks like it’s going
to fit that bill perfectly. And better still, there’s a lot more going on than
just the surface story, as you can see in this first trailer for this slow-burning psychological saga.

Here’s the synopsis:

Bruce (Ryan Barrett) is an ordinary repairman tormented by a
crippling sense of responsibility for his disabled wife Samantha, an
ex-policewoman (Tianna Nori), the survivor of a gang-related assault. Bruce's
increasing hyper-sensitivity to the injustice suffered by his wife steer him
down a dark path of vigilantism, and with his rapidly disintegrating mental
health, paranoia and overwhelming sense of doom, Bruce channels his inner rage
towards a young woman Marie (Jessica Vano) and finds refuge in a world of
extreme violence. Both a character study and a psychological examination of
trauma, The Demolisher is an unapologetic portrayal of what can happen when a
fragile mind is pushed too far.

The title, subject matter, and violence obviously evoke
Marvel’s Punisher, but this trailer reminds me of the indie
vigilante picture Boy Wonder from a few years ago. There’s a
realistic grittiness that grounds the story in the world at large. And you
can’t help but get shades of Death Wish as well, or even the
underrated, Woody Harrelson-staring Defendor.

No word on when we’ll see this, but it’s definitely one
that’s now on our radar.